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GPSR and product compliance

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September 2026

  1. Market access and IOR 7 min read Importer or distributor: who holds EU stock? Who is the importer when a European distributor buys from a manufacturer outside the EU, who owes duty and import VAT, and who carries the GPSR duties.
  2. GPSR and product compliance 7 min read Product recalls in the EU: Safety Gate and GPSR What the Safety Gate 2025 figures show, what GPSR Articles 35 to 37 require in a consumer recall, and why batch-level stock data keeps a recall narrow.
  3. Market access and IOR 7 min read Selling in Europe without an EU company Can a company from outside the EU sell in Europe without an EU entity? What a party inside the EU makes possible, and what the law still requires.
  4. Business development 10 min read What European distributors ask before signing What a European distributor checks before taking on a brand from outside the EU: stock, lead time, labels, the GPSR operator, barcodes, returns and margin.

August 2026

  1. Customs and the border 6 min read EUDR: deforestation rules for importers Which products the EU Deforestation Regulation covers, who files the due diligence statement, and the application dates as amended in December 2025.
  2. Logistics and fulfilment 8 min read Shipping lithium batteries from an EU warehouse How ADR classes lithium batteries, what packing, marking and training a warehouse needs, and the EU Batteries Regulation dates that apply to sellers.
  3. Sectors 7 min read Selling food supplements in the EU Directive 2002/46/EC, national notification in Portugal and Germany, novel food status, labelling and language: what a supplement brand settles first.
  4. Sectors 8 min read Holding cosmetics stock for the EU market What the EU Cosmetics Regulation asks of those who store and supply cosmetics, and why its Responsible Person is a different role from the GPSR one.

July 2026

  1. Logistics and fulfilment 7 min read Lot, batch and expiry control in an EU warehouse FEFO or FIFO, batch records and traceability: which EU rules call for lot control for food, cosmetics, consumer products and medical devices, and why.
  2. GPSR and product compliance 4 min read GPSR and the Responsible Person, explained Who can act as the EU Responsible Person for consumer products under GPSR, what the role holds under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and where it stops.